captioned by the national captioning institute --www.ncicap.org-- >> live and in hd, this is abc 7 news at 6:00, on your side. >> it was a massive blizzard of origins.l >> we have breaking news. a little boy has been charged as in the death of his baby sister. jonathan was in charge of watching his sister while his .other was working say that atators the littlehe covered se -- mouth andnoise ose to stop her crying.

covering hero and mouth. an update coming up tonight at 11 p.m. let's get to the blizzard that has hit the northeast. of snow and at least is being blamed on the storm. we have been following the and have crews are lending a hand. the blizzard began in the northeast. some have had three feet of snow. of 80 miles for our has brought the region to a standstill. you arelose power and experiencing a lot of wind at your powerplan on being out for some time. some airports i shut down and flights. limited he roads are treacherous.

stranded cars are all over the .oadways in connecticut, the national check forsent out to standard motors. -- stranded motors. we will send resources to both of those states. we will send crews to connecticut in also massachusetts. we do not get a lot of snow around the district, we got plenty of wind. .his is in arlington despite the wind, power that thereell us were no major outages. winds spectate to die down as the evening goes on. >> let's go to steve rudin. good news. the winds are slowly diminishing. it will pick him, as he moved

through the early morning hours. 37 at dulles international airport. montgomery county at 36. 43 in fredericksburg. looking for the location of that storm? it is away from boston. this will make it the fifth on record fororm boston. 9 inches of snow from the system. nothing like that across our area. mainly clear skies for the evening. temperatures are 36-42 degrees. talk about a potential for a few days ahead. might be some potential for some snow. full details coming up in a few minutes. a maryland woman is dead tonight, shot and killed by police. richard reeve joins us now with this developing story. there is still a lot we do

not know. police are now in charge of in the investigation. three police officers were . we are told that the ran at the officers and they fired. might have had mental issues. a busy and somber scene friday night. it was sad and scary at the same time. i never thought that would happen. officers were called around 0:30 p.m. responded to a report with a woman with a knife in the hallway. the police came and knocked her door. they were like, put your hands up. when she opened the door, we heard gunshots. authorities say that say that she lunged the officers. they opened fire and fatally wounded her. .he died later at a hospital neighbor suspect that she was mentally ill.

you know, she was very isolated. it is sad it had to end this way. nobody would answer the door at the apartment. there are bullet holes and crime from the police shooting. police have not yet identified , but neighbors tell us that there is often shouting and and police have many times.her it is all part of the investigation. all three officers are on administrative leave. reporting live, richard reeve, abc 7 news. hundreds of mourners attended the funeral of a 15-year-old girl shot and killed in chicago. she was killed days after she the inaugural obama lastpresident month. and investigators say that she was seen with friends at a art when she was

hit by a stray gunfire. real has gonethe responsiblex cop or killing three people. the sanms are searching bernardino mountains for chris rner.r do was fired from the lapd. wrote in on my manifesto was seeking revenge. now the debate over gun control. it was a gun show in chantilly today. mike, they say they cannot keep up with demand? they are expecting record- breaking crowds this weekend. this is the largest showing east of the mississippi. w.he gunshot a sales are skyrocketing. >> 200% or 300%.

this is due to fear of gun legislation on capitol hill. there is a bipartisan deal that could result in a universal ground check with a few exceptions. there is a gun show loophole. is not an nra and that he voted for but he is one of dozens of individuals looking to salea private, unregulated at a gun show. >> criminals do not buy at gun shows. they buy them on the black market. during the state of union president is to promote his gun proposal as he had since the at newtown, connecticut. we have experienced far too

many of these tragedies. last year there were 77,000 that were checks denied and the client. ned.ecli >> they bought some weapons at a gun show. advocates say it is common sense. they say that law abiding gun yers nothing to fear. reporting live in the newsroom. there have been two campus break-ins. the latest incident happened evening. someone broke into an unlocked and stole a laptop and an 'shone from it faculty member desk. on monday, someone walked into 's dorm room and stole a laptop as well and a textbook and a watch. the deadline is looming.

our area could be hit with .assive budget cuts obama is asking congress to avoid those cuts. april 15 is the tax a deadline. >> major milestones

you are watching abc 7 news 6:00, on your side. budget cuts could have a . aor impact on our area asking toobama is term up with a short form resolution. democrats and republicans came together and made and manageables to our tax code that will bring down our deficit.

this time congress should pass a balance of cuts and re tax loopholes until to replacend a way a smarter andwith longer-term solution. the sequestration deadline march 1. this will undoubtedly be one of a president will about in his state of the union address on tuesday. >> here is a date to circle on calendar -- tax day. some had a chance to get ahead at the deadline. it was all free of charge. tax time usually means headache time, but not for these residents today at the annual .ax affair they sat down with certified irs free of charge. >> to have it done for free dollars. -- saves dollars.

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that is welcome anytime of the most during tax month. they help me out a lot. >> from northwest, abc 7 news. an important milestone. firstave concluded there drilling on the mars planet. have drilledrs away at rocks. it is sometimes hard to see, , plentya lot of people of people are out and about enjoying this will. snow. >> steve rudin will be back with what is left of the storm

what is the best part of snow? no school. >> all of it. the kids are enjoying it. they had a lot of fun today. as you can see, not everyone the snow was a bad thing. kids and adults are enjoying the aftermath of the storm. seen akids have not base snowstorm like that in their lifetime. inches is the official total in boston. is the fifth largest storm on record. we have a little bit of snow in our forecast. first, take a look at the new at this hour.dral remain clear. it will be a cold night ahead.

it will not be as cold as it was last night with those gusty .inds winds are beginning to settle down. 39 right now. windchill factor at 31 degrees. 3 degrees below average for this time of the year. that is the record for 2001. children's hospital in the district now at 36 degrees. burke, virginia at dirty six degrees. degrees. we are past 6 p.m. in the evening. 39 and culpeper area lexington park also at 39 degrees. the cold air off to the north is 19 in boston with the windchill factors in theit feel like it is single digits. this is winding its way off to the north and east. end snow is coming to an

boston. record totals. stanford, connecticut saw 32 inches of snow. the storm will be long gone over the next couple of hours or so. here is our futurecast. clouds will start to increase. this is all part of our next eather maker. it will eventually bring us rain. just in will and rise the morning rush-hour commute on monday. monday afternoon, that will .egin to clear , a change in the weather pattern. several storm systems will be south.ng in the of rain onces the potential for , maybe even some snow for next weekend. mainly clear and cold for overnight. early morning, cloud increase.

43-48 degrees. the extended outlook shows the up and down forecast. question amarks. we had a pretty good handle on that hit the ease coast over the past couple of days. so far this year, the season, 1 inches of snow at reagan national airport. the average's is 14 inches. some trends are indicating. >> we will have team coverage. but then are we talking about? >> the mayor was there, pretty much everyone came to see the matchup. there are hanging

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steve, we dodged a bullet. we did. we were lucky. s.ghs tomorrow will be mid- a little bit cooler on wednesday. there will be a chance for rain. there are a lot of question marks. looks like something might that will bring rain eet and maybe even some

snow. we'll keep you updated. i love how you covered everything there. >> thank you for joining us.